Study Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2000 /1
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Germany, followed 7 years 2000-2006
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 2000-2006
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 22000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Neighborhood status
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Neighbourhood data taken from MOSAIC datasystem
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 9 item index involving:
a: average occupation level
b: rate of self-employment
c: average purchasing power
d: registered cars
other 5 items not reported
Observed Relation with Happiness
- in West Germany.
b's controlled for:
- other neighborhood characteristics
- living conditions
- social comparison
- visits to/from neighbors
- close contacts with neighbors
- urbanization
- rate of removals
- personal characteristics
- gender
- non-German nationality
- age
- age squared
- income
- education
- marital status
- health (subj.)
b's unaffected by additional control for personality traits.
- in West Germany
b's controled for:
- Other neighbourhood characteristics
- removal rate
- city size
- personal characteristics
- age
- income
- education (years)
- marital status
- health (subjective)
- relative status in neigbourhood
- year (wave in panel)